Chichen Itza

1
Chichen Itza

• By Malik Rivera

2
Who

• The Mayan civilization built the first half of it
• The Toltec civilization is also thought to have
  built it

3
What

• Has many buildings in it like the Observatory,
  Kukulcan's Pyramid, the Temple of the Warriors,
  The Ball Court, and The Group of the Thousand
  Columns
• It means at the mouth of the well of Itza..
• Most well known construction on site is the
  Kukulcan's Pyramid (one of the seven wonders of
  the world).
• The Kukulcan's Pyramid (in the picture to the
  right) has 365 steps just like the 365 days in a
  year.

4
Where

• Yucatan Peninsula
• Northeast part of Yucatan, Mexico.
• Midway between Merida and Cancun
• 75 miles (120 kilometers) east of Merida
• Positioned to a regional sacred geography

5
When

• First part - 7th and 10th century at this time it
  was a very big ceremonial center
• Second part - late 10th century and early 13th
  century

6
Why

• The Kukulcan Pyramid represents the Mayan
  Calendar because it has 91 steps on each side and
  1 step at the top for all of them. Thats 365 and
  all the days in a year It also has 52 panels in
  nine terraces, 52 represents the number of years
  in the Mayan Calendar.
• The Cenote of Sacrifice was used for sacrificing
  humans to the rain god .

7
How

• The Chichen Itza was built with lots of stones.
• It was very well crafted back then because the
  Mayans were very skilled artist.
• It is also suggest that the Mayans when building
  the Chichen Itza did not use metal cutting tools.

8
Past

• The Ball Court was used for a game and the team
  that sometimes lost got killed.
• The Observatory was built to help them study
  astronomy.
• The Kukulcan Pyramid was used to represent the
  calendar.
• Also the Kukulcan Pyramid during the fall and
  spring equinoxes the serpents at the bottom of it
  light up and looks like serpents are going down
  it.

9
Present

• Tourist attraction and one of the most visited
  archeological attractions in Mexico.

10
How it shapes life in that country today

• These monuments bring in lots of money every year
  to the country and it helps out the economy in
  Mexico.

11
Works Citied

• http//www.netshaman.com/maya/chichen.html
• http//www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/meso
  _america/chichenitza.html
• http//www.sacredsites.com/americas/mexico/chichen
  -itza-facts.html
• http//www.chichenitza.com/
• http//archaeology.about.com/od/archaeologic7/ig/C
  hichen-Itza/
• http//www.mysteriousplaces.com/mayan/Observatory.
  html
• http//www.world-mysteries.com/chichen_kukulcan.ht
  m